Selección Terror: Hija de las tinieblas

# Catalog Note

"Daughter of Darkness" (Hija de las Tinieblas) by Curtis Garland, serialized in this 1975 Spanish-language horror pulp magazine, presents a psychological terror narrative. Twelve-year-old Sue Holland suffers recurring nightmares of a grotesque dwarf in a raincoat pursuing her across the moors near her family's farm; she awakens screaming, drenched in perspiration. Her mother Marion, increasingly alarmed by Sue's deteriorating appetite and withdrawn behavior, consults Dr. Bennett, who prescribes sedatives and recommends psychiatric evaluation by Dr. Carpenter of Portland. A mysterious black cat figurine with glowing green eyes arrived as an anonymous birthday gift the night Sue's nightmares began. Marion's neighbor Mildred Hartfield suggests consulting Father Lubin instead. The priest notes Sue has mysteriously fallen ill on Sundays and religious feast days, missing church services. The narrative establishes an atmosphere of psychological mystery and religious undercurrent, hinting at supernatural or demonic influence connected to the unexplained gift.